Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure..

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others..

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false….

The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman..

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial..

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms..

A canter is the cure for all evil..

Small things affects small minds..

A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty..

There is no waste of time like making excuses..

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system..

There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party..

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour..

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time..

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists..

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will..

Youth is the trustee of prosperity..

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy..

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder..

Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation..

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love..